Shari Hanrahan currently directs TPPF’s Lone Star Rising Capital Campaign in support of the new headquarters building, and introduces donors to the Lone Star Legacy Society, its planned giving program.

She is a fundraising professional with more than 20 years of experience connecting benefactors to charitable missions that meet their philanthropic goals. Her experience developing and executing campaign strategies, managing fundraising budgets, overseeing multi-faceted events, and engaging donors has resulted in significant success for the organizations and donors she serves. Her commitment to fighting for liberty includes serving as Vice President of Development for the Texas Public Policy Foundation for ten years.

A previous staff member of now Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Shari served three Texas state representatives prior to joining TPPF. Shari has firsthand experience working with media as a spokesperson for Southwest Airlines at their headquarters in Dallas, Texas, after having received a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University.